Disneyland

Trent and I got to go to Disneyland this last weekend!  My grandma had some tickets that had to be used by the end of this month that she gave my family, and no one else could really make it happen, so we were the lucky ducks ;)

We made it to the park around 4:30 on Friday and it was already getting dark (plus it had been raining so it was really cloudy).  We decided to do California Adventure Friday and Disneyland Saturday.

It was fun to see the park all decked out in Christmas :)

We started off with Soarin' Over California and then the Aladdin show. The genie was really funny and made the whole show.  He'd throw in all of these modern lines - like social media shout-outs.  I don't know if that makes sense.

Josh, Tiersha, and baby Charlotte headed over to the park once Josh got off work.  After dinner with them Trent and I went off to the World of Color show.  They do a whole water show, kind of like the Bellagio, but theirs is all colorful and they illuminate movie clips onto the water. Pretty impressive!  I wish there wasn't a really tall guy standing in front of me the whole time, but I think I caught most of it ;)

A tire tree in Cars Land before the show.

The World of Color show was here in front of the ferris wheel.  You can't really see the water.  It was cool though because they incorporated the ferris wheel some.

We met up with the Whitmore's again and Josh came on a few rides with us. 

The Tower of Terror.  Classic.

We were saying that the picture people must get so annoyed when people take a picture of their picture instead of paying to have it printed. Whoops, I was totally a culprit :/  The three of us are in the back row.

California Screamin'.

We stayed until the park closed at 11.

I wasn't feeling so cute, but I thought it was better to wear a hoodie than look cute in case there was more rain.

A picture with the Whitmore family :)  Tiersha looked so cute carrying Charlotte around in the Baby Bjorn.

The Whitmore's were so generous to let us stay at their place even though they were staying at Tiersha's parents' while babysitting the whole weekend!  Thank you again Whitmore's!

Saturday we had some lunch in Downtown Disney before heading into Disneyland.

Woody all made of Legos!

I loved that these tall trees had ornaments on them :)

The traditional picture when you first walk into Disneyland.

You'll notice that there were wreaths on all of the buildings.

Huge Christmas tree!

Sleeping Beauty's castle all covered in "snow" :)

First we hit up Star Tours.  I am not a Star Wars girl, but this was an awesome ride!

Had to get a picture with his dorky 3-D glasses on ;)

We proceeded to go on Space Mountain (which was different than I thought it would be - maybe it's different from Disney World), Matterhorn Bobsleds (too bumpy!), the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage (you actually get in a "submarine" and they take you under water - so cool!), Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (way more fun than I expected!), and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Just me and the castle :)

Jordan, if you're reading this, I got this picture b/c of the flower balls. They reminded me of yours.  So pretty!

It was dark by the time we went on all of those rides.

We walked through Tarzan's Treehouse.  I just love "Tarzan."

And were off to the Haunted Mansion.  It was completely revamped for Christmas.

I thought this banner hanging off the mansion was kind of fun.  Take a closer look at it :)

It was hard to get too many pictures while the ride was moving.

There were presents everywhere.

We finished the night with Splash Mountain.  Trent insisted.  Thankfully it was the last ride we wanted to hit because Trent got a lot more wet than he expected to!  We grabbed some dinner at the Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe (I had the most delicious grilled cheese and Trent got some fabulous hot chocolate) and then we headed back to the Whitmore's.

Heading out.

We headed back to AZ Sunday morning.  Aiden stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Knuckles.  This was my first time being away from Aiden.  I was totally okay until we picked him up, and then tears were definitely shed. Aiden was asleep when we showed up so I rubbed his back to wake him up and he immediately gave us the biggest smile and stood up as fast as he could.  Totally melted my heart :)

And while we were riding roller coasters in Disneyland, Aiden was riding a roller coaster of his own!  Grandma and Grandpa got it for him and it is hilarious!  Aiden loves it!

I was watching Aiden and not the camera..whoops!

A huge thank you to Grandma Whitmore for the tickets and to Tanis and Kent for watching our sweet boy!

And I promise - Aiden's 12-month post is coming up next!